Common Names
Taxonomic notes
"Type: Venezuela, Estado Bolivar, Chimanta Massif, Apacara-Tepui, 2450-2500m, J.A. Steyermark 75889 (holotype, VEN)" (1).Description
"Shrub to small tree, 3-7 m tall. Leaves elliptic to ovate, 2-3 cm long 0.4-0.8 cm wide, cuneate at base, obtuse to narrowly rounded at apex, with a median groove in upper surface and a median groove in lower surface or a median groove between two ridges on lower surface. Bud scales ovate and acute to acummate at apex. Microsporangiate strobilus axillary, solitary, cylindical, sessile, to 1.5 cm long. Ovulate strobilus with peduncle 8-10 mm long, receptacle 8 mm long with two fused bracts. Seed ovoid, 8 mm long, 5 mm in diameter, abruptly acuminate at apex, cristate" (1).Range
"Presently known only from the Guyana Highlands of Venezuela, from 2100-2500 m. To be expected in contiguous Guyana" (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Stevenson 1991.See also Silba 1986.
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Last modified on 19-Dec-98